Avoid overtreatment in the setting of chronic total occlusions: The role of blood flow restoration in positive vascular remodeling

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Apr 1:184:414-415. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.107. Epub 2015 Feb 28.

Authors

Gabriele L Gasparini¹, Jacopo A Oreglia², Francesco Milone³, Patrizia Presbitero⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Invasive Cardiology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: gabriele_luigi.gasparini@humanitas.it.
² Department of Invasive Cardiology, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Invasive Cardiology, Clinica Cellini, Turin, Italy.
⁴ Department of Invasive Cardiology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 25746497
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.02.107

No abstract available

Keywords: Coronary chronic total occlusion; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Vascular remodeling.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Collateral Circulation
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Occlusion* / diagnosis
Coronary Occlusion* / physiopathology
Coronary Occlusion* / surgery
Coronary Vessels* / pathology
Coronary Vessels* / physiopathology
Coronary Vessels* / surgery
Humans
Male
Medical Overuse / prevention & control*
Myocardial Revascularization* / adverse effects
Myocardial Revascularization* / methods
Severity of Illness Index
Vascular Patency
Vascular Remodeling